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Alabastrum gemmrB florifera? ovato-liueare ei-ectum j-ectum Lasi partiLiLs dila- 



tatis petioloiiun foliorum fertiliuui iuvolutum petiolo duplo l)revius 15 cm. 



longum teres 8 mm. iu diameti'o. Spatlia spadice g 



trevior basiu spadicis amplectans 13 cm. longa apice 



convoluto-acuta crassa. iSjiadix uuisesualis cylindricu.s 



11 cm. longiLs 2 cm. latus apice obtuso-rotuudatus 



deorsiun plus minus latior. Hores $ deusissime 



horizontaliter dispositi. Stamina generaliter 6, in 



maturo exserta, filamentis complanatis ovario abor- 



tivo firme contactis 1 mm. latis in longitudine vari- 



abillimis nigricantibus apice subito coutractis, autheris 



adnatis ovato-liuearibus 21 mm. lougis basi 1 mm. 



latis. Ovarium abortivum obconico-cylindricum hexa- 



gonum in sectione 4-3 mm. longimi 4mni. latum apice 



truncatum jilanum ad centrum umbouatum, nmlioue 



lineari /^>>^-formiter recurvo vel subrecto. 



Hab. Mt. Arisan : Funkiko ad 5000 ped. alt., ad 

 truncos repens, leg. B. Hav.vta et 8. Sasaki, Jan. 

 1912. 



The present plant has h^ug been sujiposed to be 

 indentical with the Tonga jilant, K pinnatum (Linx.) 

 Engi.er {=E. mirdbile Schott, in Engl. Pfl.-reich 



F"ig. 8S, Eplprem- 

 mim fonmsanum Hatata ; 

 a, a spadix a little re- 

 duced; b, stamens and a 

 rndimentary ovary seen 



Heft 37 (IV. 23-B) p. 60, fig. 25). After carefid exa- from above; c, tlie same, 

 mination in its native localitv, I am much inclined ^^^" ^""^ **' ^' > '^' * 



stamen, seen from dif- 



to regard the plant as a distinct species whicli is cer- ferent sides; f, rudimen- 



tainly closely allied to the Tonga plant. Om- species ^'^ °^'"'^'' ^' ^^" •'^'"'' 



in vertical section. 



has unisexual spadix of whicli I was able to examine a 



male one. The new species differs from E. mirabile Schott by the leave.s 

 wliich are oblong iu its outliue and obtuse but not cordate at the base, and 

 in having uuisexual spadix. The plant exists in a forest in Mt. Arisan at 

 elevations of nearly 5000 ft. As to another Ejiip-emnum which was also 

 regarded to be the same as E. mit-abile, I am uot in tlie iiosition to say any- 

 thing about its identification, as I have not as yet seen the spadix. 



